The Kid Comes Back

A ring veteran turns a Texas tenderfoot into a winning fighter.

Cast

Wayne Morris

as Rush Conway

Barton MacLane

as Gunner Malone

June Travis

as Mary Malone

Maxie Rosenbloom

as Stan Wilson

Archie Robbins

as Kenneth "Rocky" Rockwell (as James Robbins)

Dickie Jones

as Bobby Doyle

Joseph Crehan

as Danny Lockridge

Ward Bond

as Spike

Herbert Rawlinson

as Mr. D. Redman

Frank Otto

as Joey Meade

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